Fig. 23.1 Example of an nTMS mapping, performed on a 63 year-old female patient with a left hemisphere brain tumor, suffering from a mild hemiparesis on her right side. In…
N % Patients 2,630 100 Sex Male 1,275 48.5 Female 1,355 51.5 Age (years) 18–29.9 141 5.4 30–39.9 300 11.4 40–49.9 437 16.6 50–59.9 604 23.0 60–69.9 649 24.7…
Fig. 1.1 White-light microscope images of hematoxylin-eosin stained tissue section of selected brain tumors: (a) – gemistocytic astrocytoma (III grade); (b) – oligodendroglioma (II grade); (c) – glioblastoma multiforme (IV…
N % Patients 2,630 100 Sex Male 1,275 48.5 Female 1,355 51.5 Age (years) 18–29.9 141 5.4 30–39.9 300 11.4 40–49.9 437 16.6 50–59.9 604 23.0 60–69.9 649 24.7…
Fig. 8.1 Treatment planning study for a 3 year old child with a glioma. (a) Shows a VMAT photon plan and (b) a two field proton plan for a treatment…
where n = number of treatments, d = dose per fraction; and α/β = 10 Gy for tumor effects of each schedule. The standard WBRT dose is 30 Gy in 10 fractions given over 2 weeks…
Reference No. of patients with BT No. of GWGH patients No. of obese GWGH Serum insulin at baseline Insulin secretion after loading Serum IGF-I Serum IGFBP-3 Serum leptin Serum prolactin…
Fig. 4.1 AQP-4 immunocytochemical localization in the peripheral areas of glioblastoma nultiforme primary surgical specimens (a), in relapsed surgical specimens from patients treated with radiotherapy (b) and with chemiotherapy and…
Clinical Children are more likely to present with midline lesions and adults with hemispheric lesions. 83 % of children present with midline lesions compared with 49 % of adults (Sarkar…
Fig. 6.1 Immunostaining for esVEGFR-2 in tissues of human, 8–10 weeks old, embryos and fetuses. (a) adrenal gland (ad), liver (li) and diaphragm (di). (b) liver. (c) intercostal muscles (im),…
